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The first four planets are often lumped together into the category of "inner" or "terrestrial" planets:
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth
- Mars
The last four are often lumped together into the category of "outer" or "gas giant" planets:
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
- Neptune
All of the dwarf planets are terrestrial. The only dwarf planet that can sometimes be called an "inner planet" is Ceres, which orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
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What are the two major differences in the composition of the inner and outer planets?
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
What are two major differences in the composition of the inner and outer planets?
the inner planets are rocky and warm and the outer planets are made out of gas and is cold
What are major planets?
They are the eight planets Mercury to Neptune.
Why are planets called major planets?
They are sometimes called "major planets" to distinguish them from the "minor planets" (the asteroids) and "dwarf planets" like Pluto.
Are there any other planets other than the eight major planets of our solar system?
Over 900 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars. These are called exoplanets.
What are the two major groups that planets are divided?
Inner rocky planets and outer gas giant planets. (There are also Ice giants and dwarf planets)
Which of the planets do scientists NOT consider a major planet?
There are eight planets, which can also be loosely descibed as major planets. Below that there are dwarf planets and then minor planets, also know as asteroids.
What are 3 differences between the outer and inner planets?
The inner planets are small, the outer planets are huge in comparison.The inner planets have rocky surfaces, the outer planets are gas giants.All of the outer planets have rings. None of the inner planets does.All of the outer planets have several moons, some of them quite large.
What do you call the group of eight major planets five dwarf planets and other matter that orbits the sun?
This is called the solar system.
What are the sun and its eight planets called?
The Sun and it's eight major planets are part of the solar system. Our solar system also contains 5 dwarf planets (as of 2017) and more than 700,000 minor planets and other objects.
Are dwarf planets satillites?
They are satellites of our sun, as with the eight major planets. They orbit the sun directly.
What are the two major parts of the solar system?
The two major parts of the solar system are the inner solar system, which includes the four inner terrestrial planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) and the asteroid belt, and the outer solar system, which includes the gas giant planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and the Kuiper Belt.
